Opposites Always Attract

Chapter 4

"So what's on the agenda for today then?" asked Katy, following Sam and Sophie in to the elevator and pressing the button for the ground floor.

"You do have your own itinerary yano?" teased Sophie, leaning against the back of the lift.

"Couldn't be bothered to read it." Katy shrugged, watching as the numbers on the screen ticked down from their floor number.

Sophie shook her head at Katy's typical behaviour, "Some kind of scavenger hunt apparently. Should be alright fun. I'm sure we'll reign victorious again."

The elevator pinged and the doors slid open revealing the foyer on the ground floor, all three girls walking swiftly to join the rest of the students who were stood around chatting idly.

"Alright ladies and gentlemen, quiet please!" came the sound of a female causing everyone to frown and look in the direction of the voice.

The small blonde woman smiled nervously and cleared her voice. Everyone quickly realised it was Miss Nelson, the newest teacher at the college who had been appointed the position of deputy head of year. "Mr Maddison is feeling a little under the weather today so he's had to go visit the doctor. This means that I'll be in charge for today until he's feeling better."

The buzz of chatter spread across the group as everyone took in the information, discussing what could be wrong with their head of year.

"ANYWAY!" interrupted Miss Nelson, causing everyone to stop talking abruptly. "Today we're doing a scavanger hunt. You'll each be working in pairs a-"

She was interrupted again as everyone started grumbling and complaining loudly about the information they'd just been given. Sophie, Katy and Sam all looked at one another, disappointment evident on their faces that they couldn't all work together.

"QUIET PLEASE!" shouted Miss Nelson, stopping everyone from talking amongst themselves. "As I was saying, you're going to be working in pairs for the hunt and there is rewards for pairs that do well. There are a few rules we need to go through before you get started. Firstly, make sure you exchange mobile numbers with the other person in your pair and someone who's not in your pair just in case you get lost. My telephone number is also on the itinerary so save that in to your phone. Secondly, stick together. We don't want you wandering around all over Mallorca by yourself. Look after each other and work as a team. Thirdly, anyone found cheating such as working with people not in their pair will be disqualified imediately and there will be no reward. And we want you all back by six o clock this afternoon for dinner. Obviously we don't intend for it to take that long but we request you all back by then so we can do a head count and make sure you're all safe. Finally ..." She inhaled deeply as she got ready to give out the final piece of information, picking up a bucket from the ground that was filled with tiny slips of paper. "Your name will be drawn out of this container. If your name is drawn, you step to the front, put you hand in here and pick out another name. That person will be your partner for todays task."

Everyone let out a large groan of disapproval, several people shouting up how unfair it was and refusing to take part.

"People please!" protested Miss Nelson loudly, "This is a team building exercise! That is why we want you to work with someone at random. It'll be fun if you make the most of it ... Okay, myself and Miss King are going to start drawing names, please listen out."

Sophie turned to Katy and Sam, "This is destined to end in fucking disaster. I'm gonna end up with some dickhead."

"I can't believe we can't all be together." sulked Katy, pouting until her attention was grabbed by her name being called at the front.

"Katy Armstrong, come and pick yourself a name out for your partner." instructed Miss Nelson, gesturing for Katy to come and join her at the front of the group.